Hinge.



Patented Aug. 8, |899. E. BREUNING.

HINGE.

I (Application led Jan. 12, 1899.) (No Model.)

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EUGEN BREUNING, OF OBERNDORF, GERMANY, ASSIGNO'R TO ALFONS MAUSER, OF COLOGNE, GERMANY.

HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 630,480, dated August 8,1899.

Application filed January 12, 1899. Serial No. 701,975. (No model.)

and windows; and it consists, substantially,

in such features of improvement as will hereinafter be more particularly described.

The objects of the invention are to provide a hinge by which the hanging of doors and windows can be effected quite rapidly and with but little labor and also to provide a hinge for this purpose which is exceedingly simple' as well as inexpensive to manufacture. These and additional objects are attained by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figures l and 2 are respectively a front view, partly broken away, and an end view of frames or sashes of an ordinary French or folding window and representing, in connection with said frames, the employment of a two-part hinge, in connection with Which the use of my improvements are intended. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view in detail of the socket portion of the leaf or part of the hinge shown in Fig. l. leaf of the hinge shown in Fig. 2. Figs. 5 and 6 are similar views to Figs. l and 2, respectively, and representing the employment of my improvements in connection withthe hinge proper. Fig. 7 is an enlmarged view indetail of the combined collar and curved plate, constituting an insertible supplementary bearing for the recessed lsocket portion of the hinge; and Fig. 8 is an enlarged side view in detail of the hinge part shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 9 is a bottom plan view of the insertible bearing shown in Fig. 7. Figs. 10 to 14, inclusive, are separate detail views of a modification of the insertible supplementary bearing.

Preliminarily to a more detailed description it may be stated that the hinge is sub- Fig. 4 is a side view of the part or stantially of the ordinary two-part form and.

` are employed.

I have shown modifications in the arrangement, and it will be` understood that my invention is not limited in its scope to the precise details of the construction and arrangement shown and about to be described.

In the drawings, Figs. l to 4, inclusive, F F represent two frames Vor sashes of an ordinary folding or Frenchwindow, to the latter of which, we will say, `the former is to be attached or suspended. Fastened to the adjacent stile of the frame or sash F', on one side thereof, is the one part or leaf C of my improved hinge, whichhis formed or provided for its vertical length with, preferably, a rounded enlargement l, forming at the upper end 2 a base for the lower edge a3 of the socket A of the other part or leaf A of the hinge. Y l

The part A' of my improved hinge is secured to the side stile of the frame F, as shown, and the socket A thereon is so arranged that when the pintle B is properly received thereby a complete hinge will be formed by the two parts A and C. ln order to facilitate the entrance or insertion of the pintle in the socket, I form in the side of the socket A, from the lower edge thereof, a slot or recess a', and it will be seen that by lifting the window-sash F in proper position with respect to sash F', so as to bring the slot or recess ct' before the end of pintle B, the said end will readily enter the recess by proper movement or manipulation of frame F, whereupon by allowing said frame to then drop or descend by its own weight the two Vframes or sashes will be joined togetherby the hinge in an obvious manner.

As shown in the drawings, the pin or pintleB2 is straight and of equal diameter for its full height, while the slot or recess a in the socket A is formed by cutting out a section of the latter substantially of the full diameter thereof or all the way across the said socket. By this construction the connection IOO ing but about one-half the diametric surface v' of said socket, and in order to compensate for such reduced bearing-surface I resort to the means which I will now describe. ploy upon the pintle at its base a curved plate d, fitting against or partly around the pintle and provided with a 'collar D,.itting around the pintle, so as to turn thereon, as will be eri-' plained. Said collar turns upon the base 2 in the swinging action of the frame F withV In order to prevent respect to the frame F. p displacementof the plate d and collar D during the act of placing the socket upon the pintle, some means should be provided, and which means should also possess the capacity to yield to the movement of the part A of the hinge upon the part C. For this purpose I preferably provide the collar D with a lateral or `sideextension cl2, which lies or rests upon the upper edge of the leaf or plate C, and on the under sideof said extension, one on either side of said leaf, aretwoteats or projections d'. In placing-,the collar D upon the pintle the same is moved or turned thereon to bring the teats on vopposite sides of said leaf or plate, and then when frame F i-s Vlifted into position and Vthe socket 'A placed upon the 'pintle B the vertical edges L1 4 of recess ot will v fit or abut closely against the vertical edges 5 5 of the curved plate d and the upper edge 6 of said recess will rest upon the upper edge 7 of the said plate, and in this way the said socket, with its sash-frame F, will have av complete full bearing at all points. Now after frame F is suspended it is eviednt that bypturning or swinging the same by the ex.- penditure of sufficient force for thepurpose the said curved plate d and collar D will be caused to turn upon the pintle withthe socket, and the weight of the frame, combined with its swinging movement, will-cause the collar D to rise slightly, thereby causing one or the other of the teats d (according to which way the sash-frame is swung) to ride over the upper-.edge of the leaf or plate C. In placing the socket upon the pintle the collar having previously been adjusted to bring the teats donopposite sides of plate C) it is obvious that the said teats will offer sufficient resistance on either side of plate C to prevent dis- Thus Iem- In Figs. l0 to 14, inclusiveI showin enlarged views a modification of lthe curved plate (indicated in this instance at g) in that the extension cl2 of Figs. 5 to 10, inclusive, is dispensed with and a single teat g is provided on the lower side of collar G, (corresponding to collar D,) which teat is received between two corresponding teats e, formed on the upper surface of the strap of an ordinary gatehinge E at the base B for the pintle B of such hinge. Figs. 10 andll are respectively side and plan views of one part of such a hinge, (gate-hinge.) It is obvious that the construction last described operates substantially in the same way as-the other and with equal effect. Y

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire A to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A hinge comprising one part having a socket provided in its side at the yopen end thereof with a recess, a second part having a pintle adapted to enter the socket through the recess7 said pintle having a bearing for the socket, and a movable supplemental bearing adapted to the pintle-and also to fill the recess in the socket, said supplemental bearing being provided with means `for riding upon and lightly engaging thesaid second-named part of the'hinge.

2. A hinge comprising one vpart having a socket provided in the side ,thereof at its open end with a recess `vor slot, another part having ka pintle adapted to enter the socket through the recess, and a bearing'for said socket consisting of a curved plate fitting partlyaround the pintle and the edgesof which fit against the edges of said recess, said plate having a collar surrounding the pintle at its base and engaging the lea-f or plate of the hinge.

3. A hinge comprising one part having a socket provided in theside thereof at its open end with a recess or slot, another Vpart having a pintle adapted to enter .the socket through the recess, anda bearing for said socket consistin g of a curved ,plate fitting partly ,around the pintle and the edges of which abut against the edges of said recess, said plate having a lateral 'extension provided" with teats engaging the opposite sides of the hinge-plate with which the pintle is formed.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my vsignature in presence of two witnesses.

o `EILIGrEN BREUNING.

Vitnesses:

. AUGUST DRAUrrz, I-I. WAGNER. .1

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